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06 August 10

Climate deal loopholes 'make farce' of rich nations' pledges Posted by: Heather Libby

Climate deal loopholes 'make farce' of rich nations' pledges

New research reveals carbon emissions from rich nations could actually rise under loopholes in the proposed UN climate deal.

Rich countries have been put on the back foot after new research showed that current pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions could be wiped out by gaping loopholes in the UN climate change treaty put forward in Copenhagen last year.

Source: The Guardian UK

02 June 10

A traffic jam of climate negotiators Posted by: Heather Libby

A traffic jam of climate negotiators

The second day of the negotiations at Bonn saw the opening of the Adhoc working groups on Kyoto Protocol and Long Term Cooperative Action. It was interesting to see that Sal Maritim where the LCA was convening full with the hustle and bustle of people. State of affairs were so alarming that forget finding a plug point one could hardly even find a place to sit.

There was so much janta ( public) on the road, but that didnt put pressure on the wreckless drivers at Sal Maritim.

Source: Adopt a Negotiator

02 June 10

In Bonn, countries finally focusing on the substantive issues Posted by: Beka Economopoulos

In Bonn, countries finally focusing on the substantive issues

Cross-post from EDF Talks Global Climate

Reporting from the U.N. climate talks underway in Bonn, Germany

The 185-nation Bonn Conference, which will run until June 11, is the biggest international meeting on climate change since a summit last December in Copenhagen failed to agree to a new global deal.

Source: EDF Talks Global Climate

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02 June 10

VIDEO: Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists speaks in Bonn on Day 2 Posted by: Heather Libby

VIDEO: Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists speaks in Bonn on Day 2

Alden Mayer of the Union of Concerned Scientists at the UNFCCC Climate Negogiations that are taking place in Bonn.

Source: One Climate

02 June 10

VIDEO: Kyoto's slippery emissions accounting won't cut it in Bonn Posted by: Heather Libby

VIDEO: Kyoto's slippery emissions accounting won't cut it in Bonn

CAN Australia's Georgina Woods fills us in on Kyoto's slippery accounting & what needs to change to get us back on track in Bonn.

Campaign Story

01 June 10

Adopt a Negotiator kicks off coverage of the Bonn climate change talks Posted by: Joshua Wiese

Adopt a Negotiator kicks off coverage of the Bonn climate change talks

My day started out dressed in a shark costume. I was tasked with welcoming climate negotiators to the talks by strapping on a grey fin, stuffing my suit with fake money, and hustling fake loans with big teeth. Definitely not how I imagined that my first hours of the Bonn Climate Change Talks would go, but these are strange days.

Source: Adopt a Negotiator

Climate News

31 May 10

Weekly climate news roundup: May 24-28, 2010 Posted by: Heather Libby

Weekly climate news roundup: May 24-28, 2010

The oil spill in the Gulf continues to dominate headlines. The 'Top Kill' (which consisted of literally shoving 1.2 million gallons of mud, rubber balls and scrap metal into the damaged well in an effort to plug it permanently) has failed and it's back to square one. Drilling at those depths, with untried technology and spill mitigation plans as sophisticated as hurling junk at the gusher -- I mean, really -- reveals the instanity of our addiction to fossil fuels at any cost. Fortunately, the connection to the catastrophe in the Gulf and U.S.

Climate News

28 May 10

Europe debates climate 'ambition' Posted by: Heather Libby

Europe debates climate 'ambition'

Connie Hedegaard, the EU's Climate Commissioner, is seeking to open a debate on whether the bloc should adopt a tougher target than it already has for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Back in the early months of last year, EU leaders signed off a target of 20% cuts from 1990 levels by 2020, rising to 30% if a global deal emerged at the Copenhagen summit that would see other countries and other blocs taking a commensurate share.

Source: BBC

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18 May 10

10,000 Montréalers dance for their place at the G20 table Posted by: Heather Libby

10,000 Montréalers dance for their place at the G20 table

Last Friday, 10,000 young Montréalers convened on Parc la Fontaine in Montréal, Québec to "Flash Dance" and send a strong message to world leaders attending the G8 and G20 in Ontario next month.

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18 May 10

Christiana Figueres, climate negotiator from Costa Rica, named UN climate chief Posted by: Heather Libby

Christiana Figueres, climate negotiator from Costa Rica, named UN climate chief

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has named Costa Rica's Christiana Figueres to be the organization's top official on climate change, his spokesman announced Monday.

UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said the 53-year-old Costa Rican, currently San Jose's climate change negotiator, would succeed Yvo de Boer of the Netherlands as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC).

Source: Yahoo! News